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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk05:19, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  • ... that while delivering a critically-acclaimed performance in the 1931 sound film Over the Hill, silent-film star Mae Marsh relied on the director to tell her what to say before each scene? Source: "Mae Marsh had never played in a sound picture, nor had she ever been on stage. She was scared to death. She said, 'I don't know one bee from a bull's foot about saying anything.' I told her, 'You speak like yourself.' Mae said, 'When we make the picture, I don't want to study the dialogue. You just tell me what to say.' And that's the way the picture was made. She didn't study the dialogue one bit. I told her what to say, whether it was written that way or not." (Letterboxd)
  • ALT1:... that for her sound film debut in 1931, silent-screen star Mae Marsh begged the director to tell her what to say before each scene? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)

Created/expanded by Yoninah (talk). Self-nominated at 11:33, 8 October 2020 (UTC).[reply]